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U.S. Pledges More Funding To Fight AIDS World-Wide

Millions of Dollars Planned for Programs to Curb Pandemic By Focusing on Pregnant Women and High-Risk Groups

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Betsy McKay

July 23, 2012 7:28 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday pledged new funding from the U.S. to curb the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and said the administration has significantly accelerated the pace at which it is getting lifesaving AIDS drugs to developing countries.

The initiatives are part of a priority the administration set late last year for what Mrs. Clinton calls an "AIDS-free generation"—in which HIV infections are virtually eliminated in newborns, risk of infection in adults is far lower than it is today,...